guzzle
verb /ˈɡʌzl/
/ˈɡʌzl/
[transitive, intransitive] (informal, usually disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they guzzle | /ˈɡʌzl/ /ˈɡʌzl/ |
| he / she / it guzzles | /ˈɡʌzlz/ /ˈɡʌzlz/ |
| past simple guzzled | /ˈɡʌzld/ /ˈɡʌzld/ |
| past participle guzzled | /ˈɡʌzld/ /ˈɡʌzld/ |
| -ing form guzzling | /ˈɡʌzlɪŋ/ /ˈɡʌzlɪŋ/ |
- guzzle (something) to drink something quickly and in large amounts. In British English it also means to eat food quickly and in large amounts.
- The kids seem to be guzzling soft drinks all day.
- (figurative) My car guzzles fuel.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGuzzle is used with these nouns as the object:- beer
- gasoline
Word Originlate 16th cent.: perhaps from Old French gosillier ‘chatter, vomit’, from gosier ‘throat’, from late Latin geusiae ‘cheeks’.